Rudy Kurniawan Was Convicted in December of Selling Fake Vintages

A wine swindler was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday for what prosecutors called a "grand con" involving more than $20 million of counterfeit rare vintages sold to wealthy oenophiles.

Rudy Kurniawan, 37 years old, was once one of the world's most prolific wine collectors. He displayed no outward emotion as U.S. District Judge Richard Berman called his crimes "a bold, grandiose, unscrupulous but destined-to-fail con" in federal court in Manhattan.